Robert Consalvo

Robert Consalvo (born July 16, 1969) is a Massachusetts State Representative, the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools, and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5, which includes the Hyde Park, Roslindale, Readville, and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.

Rob Consalvo
Official portrait, 2021
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 14th Suffolk district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2021
Preceded by	Angelo Scaccia
Member of the Boston City Council from the 5th district
In office June 2002 – January 2014
Preceded by	Daniel F. Conley
Succeeded by	Timothy McCarthy
Personal details
Born	(1969-07-16) July 16, 1969 (age 56) Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Xavier University (BA)

Early life and education

A graduate of Catholic Memorial High School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Consalvo matriculated to Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. He served on the staff of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy in Washington DC, both in his Senate Office and the Health, Education, Labor and Human Services Committee, and later in Boston. He also worked at the Massachusetts State House as Director of Constituent Services for State Representative Angelo M. Scaccia. Consalvo’s duties included researching and contributing to the development of state budgets, writing language, drafting budget amendments and developing state legislation.

Early career

Consalvo (right) with Mayor Raymond Flynn (center) during Flynn's the 1987 reelection campaign

Consalvo held roles within the mayoral administration of Raymond Flynn, including Boston city personnel director.^[1] In 1992, Flynn appointed Consalvo to serve as executive director of the Boston School Committee.^[2][3]

Political career

Consalvo in 2009

Consalvo in 2010

Boston City Council

After placing sixth as an at-large candidate in his first bid for elected office to the council in November 2001,^[4][5] Consalvo was elected to represent District 5 on the Boston City Council in a special election in June 2002.^[6] Consalvo was re-elected to additional two-year terms five times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011). District 5 has a diverse population of about 80,000 residents.

Consalvo served as chair of the Housing Committee, vice chair of the Government Operations Committee, and was the council’s trustee for the Neighborhood Housing Trust, which has awarded approximately $84,000,000 in linkage funds since its inception to build affordable housing in Boston. He was a member multiple committees; Public Safety, Education, Ways & Means, Labor, Youth Affairs & Human Rights, Whole, and the Special Committee on Asthma.^[7]

2013 mayoral campaign

Main article: 2013 Boston mayoral election

Consalvo did not seek re-election to the council in 2013, instead opting to run for mayor of Boston. He finished seventh in the preliminary round of the election, failing to advance to the general election.

2020 state house campaign

Consalvo is the 2020 Democratic nominee for the 14th Suffolk District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.^[8][9]

Committee Assignments

For the 2025-26 Session, Consalvo sits on the following committees in the House:^[10]

• Vice Chair, House Committee on Rules
• Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Rules
• Joint Committee on Housing
• Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development

For the 2023-24 Session, Consalvo sat on the following committees in the House:

• Vice Chair, Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
• Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
• Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Management
• Joint Committee on Housing

For the 2021-22 Session, Consalvo sat on the following committees in the House:

• Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
• Joint Committee on Covid-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management
• Joint Committee on Housing
• Joint Committee on Revenue

Personal life

Consalvo is a resident of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston; he is married with three children.^[7] In November 2014, he was appointed Deputy Director of the Home Center for the City of Boston.^[11] Within the Department of Neighborhood Development, the Home Center works to "help create financial initiatives to help seniors stay in their homes; increase the access of more middle-income Bostonians to home ownership opportunities; and assist residents in making their homes greener and more energy efficient."^[12] In February 2017, he was named chief of staff for Boston Public Schools.^[13][14]

See also

• 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature